Hirokazu Kanazawa

Martial artist (1931–2019)

金澤弘和 · 가나자와 히로카즈

Born

3 May 1931, Iwate Prefecture

Died

8 December 2019

Citizenship

Japan, Empire of Japan

Sport

karate

Occupation

karateka, writer, martial artist

Hirokazu Kanazawa (金澤 弘和, Kanazawa Hirokazu; 3 May 1931 – 8 December 2019) was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was the Chief instructor and President of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation, an organisation he founded after he left the Japan Karate Association (JKA). Kanazawa was ranked 10th dan in Shotokan Karate.

Teachers

• Gichin Funakoshi

Students

• Malcolm Phipps

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q471629 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.